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QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ Aug 10, 2011 -> 08:16 PM) Waaaaaa. Cry some more, bro. I've never thought much of Bachmann. Certainly not my first choice. And I never denied that both sides have their share of dumbasses. Sarah Palin is a dumbass on my side, and I hate her guts. That doesn't make Harrop's behavior more acceptable. Especially as the leader of a civility project. sure it does, since she aint trying to become leader of the free world.

QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ Aug 10, 2011 -> 08:18 PM) I should have figured you wouldn't think much of the "honor" thing. i prefer rational thinking. making informed choices. doing what's best for the most people. you know what would have been really honorable of you? if you'd gone ahead and enlisted and led the charge against those bastards that took down our chopper. but ya didn't. you posted on an internet forum instead.

actually just respond to my post torching your ass. 51% unfavorable towards Tea Party....... OH NOES!

oh dear. ok... let's break this down. seems to ME that your right wingers Dubya and Romney held some of the same views as Obama. Made some of the same moves. Same decisions even? straaaaange. sir, do you realize these polls are from a year ago? but then you're right - not much has happened in the past year besides... oh i don't know... the republicans BLOCKING RAISING THE DEBT CEILING! Causing this crash. Intentionally trying to destroy the economy so they'll win in 2012. How do you think the American public feels about that RIGHT NOW? Not back in 2010. this was even before the recent events. Lets see if I can't find another. here it is! and it's even from FOX NEWS! 31% have a favorable view of the Tea Party, and only 35% have a favorable view of the Republican party, while 41% favor the Dems. Uh oh... holes in yo logic.

QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ Aug 10, 2011 -> 07:08 PM) This goes far beyond disagreeing with Chomsky's politics. He's just a despicable person. A self proclaimed socialist who has gotten rich by milking capitalism and living freely in a country that he openly hates. I'd wonder why he still lives here, but it's obviously because he wouldn't be able to enjoy the comfy intellectual lifestyle that he does in any of the communist, dictatorial s***holes that he loves so much. Noam Chomsky is scum. The only reason I'm not entirely convinced that the world will be better off without him is because he's a senile old fart who is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Actually, come to think of it, that makes me want him to live. For someone as arrogant as him, the realization that he doesn't matter will be worse than death. Also, what separates Noam from Osama? We were happy when Osama died, and rightfully so. After all, he murdered thousands of Americans. So how about Noam? He gave endless moral support to Khmer Rouge thugs who murdered three million Cambodians. I've long believed that supporting murderers or refusing to acknowledge that they are indeed murderers (as Noam clearly did) is no better than being an actual murderer. So I will cheer for his death as I will cheer for the deaths of the Germans who knew about the Holocaust and did nothing, and the Hutus who did not participate in the Rwandan Genocide but chose not to stop it either, and so on. These people are complicit in these crimes and hence deserve no part of this Earth. I love this guy.

QUOTE (The Sir @ Aug 9, 2011 -> 04:17 PM) Ladies and gentlemen, meet Froma Harrop, aka Frumpy Harlot. The write up summarizes my thoughts perfectly. It is indeed courtesy of one of my favorite conservative sites, but that doesn't change the idiocy and outright hypocrisy of what Ms. Harlot said. The stupidity of her piece just boggles my mind. And even after being widely and rightfully fried for it, she continues to stand her ground. My favorite part is that, immediately after stating that civility is allowing others to say their piece (in a piece where she is skewering conservatives for saying their piece), she removes the ability to comment on her posts. Guess she doesn't like the whole civility thing after all. I'm really curious what the board's liberals think of this. I'm not trying to bait anyone, but isn't it embarassing having this idiot on your side? I'm embarassed by Sarah "I don't know one f***ing SCOTUS case beyond Roe v Wade" Palin and I really hope you guys are embarassed by Frumpy "I want everyone to be civil and have the ability to say their piece but YOU SHUT THE f*** UP!" Harlot. What sayeth you? sorry, but you've pushed my buttons today - how doth thou feel about Mrs. Bachmann and her closeted husband in that regard? There are people who say dumb things on both sides of the isle. Difference is that Ms. Harrop isn't running for the flippin' presidency.

QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ Aug 10, 2011 -> 12:32 PM) It's an honor thing. Some of us have it, some of us don't. I'll leave it at that. you sound like a spartan. or a klingon.

QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ Aug 10, 2011 -> 12:19 PM) Thanks for trying so arrogantly to tell me what to think, but I don't take my marching orders from the likes of you. I'm smart enough to form my own opinions. Fact is, I do want Romney sunk. He doesn't seem able to hold any stance at all. I will never vote for someone who changes their views to increase popularity. It's idiotic pandering. And I don't vote centrist. I vote right wing. You think the Republican Party has gone too far right because you are obviously a liberal who leans left and you fear a strong ultra-right party, but I personally think it's not right enough. The Tea Party is working on that, but there's still more to be done. You dislike the Tea Party because you find it extreme. That's fine. Go vote against it. But it must not be so extreme since its message resonates with so many Americans. And is Obama really anything less than the left's version of the TP? He's as ideologically tied to the left as we are to the right. You support Romney because you figure he's the only Republican who could win and not tear down this moronic leftist infrastructure that the Dems have been so busy creating. Yet I want a candidate who promises to do exactly that. people like you are just SO misinformed there's no point to even try and show you a bit of reality. Obama's not a leftist and never has been. He's governed to the right of center. You might not believe that, but it's true. and the tea party? being good for america? resonating with america? check your polls, sir. I think they'd beg to differ. although what do they know? people running 'em are prolly liberal commies too.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 10, 2011 -> 10:07 AM) Mitt Romney is the Republicans version of John Edwards. He stands for nothing and everything all at once. oh no you di-int.

QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ Aug 10, 2011 -> 11:50 AM) I think less of ballplayers who have affairs. Tony Parker comes to mind; don't think much of him anymore. And I don't have any love lost for celebrities who do it either. But there is a big difference between them and politicians, that difference being that celebs and athletes don't have any control of my life. If a politician is low enough to betray his own wife, how soon will he betray the rest of us? If I vote a guy in for his conservative principles and he has an affair, I figure its only a matter of time before he starts betraying me too, probably out of his own career minded convenience. It's about honor. A politician who cheats on his wife has no honor and does not deserve my support. sorry to burst your bubble, but that's an awful lot of em. In fact, I'm pretty sure there have been more conservative politicians whose affairs have come to light in the media than liberals. i also don't believe a persons personal life impacts how they govern. plenty of great leaders over the years have been adulterers and philanderers. why is it that in THIS day and age, sending a picture of your junk means you're a bad leader? I don't see the connection.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 10, 2011 -> 09:25 AM) He is also the most spineless of the bunch. I literally have no idea what the guy actually stands for, well other than himself. that's BECAUSE he stands for actual republican values, as opposed to the absurdity that is the right these days. He's left of bachmann/palin/huckabee/perry/etc/etc, but not because he's liberal - but because the national perception of the republican party has shifted SO FAR to the right in the last few years. He's struggling between what he ACTUALLY supports, and what he knows he needs to become to get elected - just the way McCain did. Unfortunately, McCain jumped the shark and took the plunge. Without his water wings.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 10, 2011 -> 08:24 AM) It changes my opinion of them, but that is just me. then you must not think too highly of a majority of professional athletes. anybody surrounded by constant praise and adoration, not to mention female groupies, it takes a special sort of person to NOT succumb to that. And I'd be willing to bet there just aren't too many of those around.

QUOTE (The Sir @ Aug 7, 2011 -> 11:08 AM) I wish this "scandal" would sink this guy. If Romney (a RINO jackass who thinks his kids didn't have to join the military because their service to their country was campaigning for him) or Palin (I refuse to see my country represented by this much of a dips***) gets the nomination, I will write Benjamin Netanyahu/Allen West on the ballot. I s*** you not. you really don't want this guy sunk - honestly. if a republican has to win the presidency, Romney's the least bad of the bunch. at least he's not pure evil and clinically retarded like the other options.

QUOTE (The Sir @ Aug 8, 2011 -> 04:29 PM) She had retaliatory affairs? What classy behavior for the "First Lady". There was nothing honorable or presidential in how JFK behaved in his marriage, but his philandering does not excuse Jackie doing the same thing. I've been cheated on before. I didn't use that as a justification to cheat on either that person or future girlfriends. I confronted them and ended the relationship. That's the honorable thing to do. But people who cheat on their lovers simply because their lovers cheated on them are scum. Cowardly scum. Just lost a lot of respect for Jackie O. really? come on - who cares anymore? people in authority have affairs. I honestly dont think that precludes them from being great at their job, and thus, i couldn't care less if they have them. we don't think less of our ballplayers if they do the same thing - so why should we about our politicians?

i refuse to get on board with this team. refuse.

who even cares anymore?

no. i hate the white sox. that is all.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 08:38 PM) His velocity has been inconsistent His average fastball in his last start was 93.3/93.8 (FF/FT) topping out at 96.2, he hit 95+ 7 times out of 47 fastballs. In the start before that he was at 94.4/93.7 topping out 96.3 hitting 95+ 21 times out of 67 fastballs. Here's his velocity chart from fangraphs: wow. that paints a pretty obvious picture there.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 08:17 PM) Jimenez since 2010 All-Star break (not counting today): 35 GS, 216.2 IP, 4.03 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 9.0 K/9, 8.2 H/9, 3.9 BB/9, 2.33 K/BB and his fastball is down from an average velocity of 96.1 last year to 93.4 this year. a-thank you

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 07:55 PM) How do you explain your opinion of Rasmus if you're going to say that about Ubaldo? 1) position scarcity. much harder to find a good CF than SP 2) Rasmus is MUCH younger. Rasmus already has a great track record, especially for a guy his age. He's already outproduced guys like Beltran at the same age. 1) Since June 1 of last year he's had about a 4 ERA (4 this year and 4.08 from june on last season). Which is the outlier? 2) Ubaldo is already 27 and hit his peak. And that was a fantastic 2010. This year he's got a 4 era. I think that's a lot more likely going forward than sub-3, though I'd imagine he'll be a mid-high 3's more often than not

well regardless - helluva deal for Colorado. Pomeranz, White, McBride and Joe Gardner. Sick. For a pitcher who isn't even all that good (Jimenez)

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 07:21 PM) But doesn't that open them up to having to at least give Ubaldo a pretty thorough physical exam and battery of MRI's before it's approved? Especially if his velocity was noticeably down? it was just one inning. i'm pretty sure the indians don't care that much.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 07:17 PM) And the Indians should fold that hand. The Rockies better hope for their sake Ubaldo doesn't get injured. Very weird seeing my second favorite team handling a trade situation like this. i think it was brilliant wanted a fourth player and said "hey, we aren't afraid to keep our guy if you don't give us a 4th" and it worked. love it.

save a whale?

QUOTE (Sockin @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 03:53 PM) @whitesox Chicago White Sox Williams: Chances of any deal "very unlikely," saying potential deals all would hurt club's chances to win division. #WhiteSox to me that sounds like a last ditch smoke screen trying to drum up the price. "we're completely content to not trade him, even though you guys need him pretty badly" kinda thing. But maybe i'm just hoping.